Finicky Verbs - Verbs like 'Levi'

Students of Esperanto have no need for tables
of irregular verbs. They know all verbs follow the same
pattern. However some other lists of verbs may be
useful, for Esperanto verbs often have tighter definitions than
their equivalents in English.

Take the verb 'lift' in English. It
can mean 'to raise something up to a higher level'
or it may mean 'to rise or go up to a higher level''.
The context decides which meaning. Esperanto is more
finicky, more precise. It wants to distinguish between cause and effect. The
Esperanto equivalent 'levas' has only the first meaning, 'raises something up to a higher level'. The
Esperanto equivalent for the second meaning, 'rises or
goes up to a higher level'' is 'leviĝas', i.e. 'gets
lifted up to a higher level'

Unfortunately Esperanto dictionaries do not
usually have the space to spell out such definitions in full.
They call verbs like levi 'transitive', because
its action is directed to something. They use shorthand, e.g.

lift lev(iĝ)i

Fulcher and Long :
English-Esperanto Dictionary

lift levi

Wells : Teach Yourself
Esperanto Dictionary

lift (raise, rise)levi [tr]; -iĝi

Benson : Comprehensive
English-Esperanto Dictionary

Here are some other Esperanto verbs like 'levi'.
Definitions are given in English and examples in Esperanto,
but to avoid confusion the 'normal' dictionary equivalents are
not usually included.